Though the will of God is the highest rule of justice, and all that he wills is to be held for righteous, yet he has not deemed it sufficient for us to acquiesce in his bare will, but has added reasons by which we may understand that he has not acted without the best reason.
— John Calvin Early Modern

Protestant reformer

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Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 23, Section 2

Date / Period

1559

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Shocking

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